Citation: F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:122 (1855).

Synonymy: Homoranthus wilhelmii (F. Muell.)Cheel, J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 56:77 (1922).

Common name: Eastern feather-flower.

Description:
Erect slender glabrous shrub often c. 1 m high; leaves linear, plano-convex, 4-7 mm long.

flowers in dense terminal corymbs, on pedicels 1-3 mm long; bracteoles enclosing the bud, caducous, often pinkish, elliptic to obovate, c. 2.5 mm long; hypanthium 2.2-3 mm long, glabrous or papillose between the usually conspicuous ribs; sepals white, ovate, each terminating in a digitate fringe of 3-6 hairs of which the longest exceed the petals, 2-3 mm long (incl. the hairs); petals ovate, white, c. 1.5 mm long; anthers red; style exserted; ovules 4-6.

Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — March.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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